Font, St Laurence's Church, Ridgewell
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Font, St Laurence's Church, Ridgewell
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 24 Jul 2008
This is a recent remodelling of the 14C / 15C font. The font cover is of the 17C. The original pedestal has been restored and a new octagonal bowl made, by John Green of Ipswich. The symbols are A (alpha), the date 2003, omega, the CHI-RHO, a dove, three strands of water flow representing the Trinity, a baptismal shell, a gridiron (on which St Laurence was martyred).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.039226
Longitude
0.534049